Adjustable derail.



E. R. PACKER.

ADJUSTABLE DERAIL.

APPLlcAloN man sEPT.1a.1915.

1,167,924. Patented Jan. 11, 1916. 5521.

vEBEN R. PACKER., or WiL-METTE, ILLINors. AssIGNoR To e & c COMPANY,` or NEW YORK, N. Y., A vCORPORATION oF MAIN ADJUSTABLE DERAIL.

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Be it known that I, EBEN R. PACKER, 'a citizen of the Unitedl States, residing fat VVilmette, county of-CoolQ'State' of Illinois, have invented a certain new-and useful Improvement in- AdjustableDerails, and declare the following to be a full. clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which `it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention has for its object to produce a simple derailing device of the kind adapted to be permanently located beside a rail which will be readily adjustable for coperation with rails of various kinds.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its object and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a side view of a section of a railway rail having associated therewith a derailing device arranged in accordance with a preferred form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the parts shown in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a section taken approximately on line Sn?) of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing, l represents a `railway rail and 2 a derailing block of any usual or suitable construction. Beside the rail are suitable uprights or supports, 3, adapted to be fixed in place in any suitable way as, for example, by attaching them to or having them form parts of tie plates, 4, which underlie the rail. Where the tie plates are employed the spike hole, 5, on one side of each of the plates is made elongated in a direction transversely of the rail while on the opposite side or end of the plate are arranged a series of spike holes,'6,located at varying distances from the corresponding end of the plate. By this arrangement the spike hole 5 of each of the plates and some one of the spike holes 6 will serve to receive the spikes for holding the rail regardless of the size of the rail.

Integral with and extending down from the side of the derailing block between the uprights or posts 3 are arms, 7, each of which engages with one of the posts or upy Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jn, 11, 191@ Applicatonjled September 18, 1915. Serial No. 51,330.

lengthwise of the rail. A heavy boit, t5, passes through the uprights or` posts and the arms. The openings in the arms through which the bolt passes are in the form of vertically elongated slots, 9, which permit the block to be adjusted `vertically on the bolt. The sidesof thearms facing each other are provided with transverse teeth, 1.0, with which mesh corresponding teeth yon collars, 1l, xed to the bolt. In the arrangement shown, the collars are held upon the bolt by means of pins, 12, passing through the same and through the bolt. It will be seen that whenever the parts are assembled as shown, the teeth on the arms being interlocked with the collars iixed on the bolt, the relative movement between the arms and the bolt which would otherwise be aii'orded by the slots 9 is prevented, so that the block is compelled to swing about a fixed axis. The slots, 9, are made long enough to permit the effective length of the arms, that is the length from the axis of the bolt upwardly, to be adjusted in the factory or shop to adapt the derailing device to be applied to any rail of a series of different heights, thus making the derailing device adjustable to rails of various sizes without the use of any parts which can easily get out of adjustment or be unable to stand rough usage.

Vhile I have illustrated and described. with particularity only a single preferred form of my invention, I do not desire to be limited to the exact structural details thus illustrated and described; but intend to cover` all forms and arrangements which come within the terms employed in the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim: l. In combination, a derailing block, a stationary support, and a radially adjustable hinge connection between said block and said support.

2. In combination, a derailing block, a stationary support, an arm extending from said block into proximity to said support, and means for pivotally connecting said arm to said support at one of a plurality of positions distributed lengthwise of said arm.

3. In combination, a derailing block, a support, an arm projecting from the block in proximity to one side of said support, said arm having a slot therein elongated in Vrights to preventthe block from moving the direction of the length of the arm, a r0- tatable shaft extending through said support and said slot, and means for holding said shaft in any desired position lengthwise of the slot. i

4. In combination, a derailing block, an arm projecting therefrom, said .arm having a slot therein elongated in the direction of the length of the arm, a supporting member on one side of the arm, a rotary shaft passing through said supporting member and said slot, the other side of said arm being provided with a roughened face, and a part fixed to said shaft and engaging with said roughened face to hold the shaft in any desired position in said slot.

5. In combination, a derailing block, two

arallel arms projecting laterally from one side of the block, two supporting members lying upon the outer side and engaging with Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Washington, 1D. C.

Ysaid roughened said arms, each of said arms having therein a slot elongated in the direction of the length ofthe arm, a bolt passing through said supporting members and said slots, and

; meansonsaid bolt on the inner sides of said arms engaging with the arms to lock the bolt in any desired position along said slots.

6. In combination, a derailing block having two arms projecting laterally from one side thereof, said arms having parallel slots therein elongated in the direction of the length of the arms, the corresponding faces of the arms'being roughened, a supporting shaft passing through said slots, and means on said supporting shaft for engaging with faces to lock the shaft in any desired adjusted position along the slots.

In testimony whereof, I sign this speci fication.

EBEN R. PACKER.

Commissioner of Patents, 

